Award Application Process
Application Process
- Applications will be solicited via a faculty-wide email sent by the Faculty Senate.
- The deadline to submit applications for the previous calendar year to the Faculty Senate is March 25, 2024.
- Applicants are instructed to follow the guidelines listed below, and to address the Excellence in Part-time Teaching Award rubric in the application form and documentation. The college selection committee will use this rubric to review submissions.
Guidelines
- Each applicant must submit supporting documents as a single pdf to the Faculty Senate email account and by doing so, will grant approval to the NLFC to review the application materials. The Faculty Senate will notify chairs and deans of the faculty in their units who have applied for the award.
- The application materials to be submitted are:
- Completed Application Form
- Narrative response statement (300-word maximum). Describe:
- An innovative teaching strategy you have used or created.
- A teaching challenge and how you solved it.
- Texas State CV highlighting teaching development (e.g. teaching workshops, continuing education, curriculum development projects) and accomplishments (e.g. teaching awards, honors)
- Three written student comments that address teaching effectiveness (e.g. letters, comments from evaluations, emails)
- One written letter of support from a faculty member in your department
Applications that do not include the documentation outlined above or are not submitted by the specified deadlines will not be considered. Ranking of applicants will be based on information in the application materials as applied to the checklist.